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What we said goodbye to in 2012

… the long-serving Northern Nevada legislator whom history will regard as one of the state’s most powerful political figures.

Viva Elvis

Does anyone even remember what that was about?

Nevada Cancer Institute

… and the idea that Las Vegas could sustain a top-tier medical center

Gaping holes in our public history, as the opening of the Mob Museum and the Neon Museum — as well as the Area 51 exhibit at the Atomic Testing Museum — finally made key aspects of the Las Vegas story available to all

Our stubborn belief, however baseless, that the community would unite to provide upgraded, technologically enhanced schools for our kids. Instead, we decisively voted down a school bond on Nov. 6, thus preserving something we hold even more dear: the right to gripe about the deplorable state of our school system. Yay, Las Vegas!

CityLife’s crappy old website!

Now buried in a shallow Internet grave

Henderson resident John Fairfax

… revealed by an eloquent New York Times obit to be an adventurer and real-life most interesting man in the world

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Two branches of the Henderson Library District

… and with them the idea that we value books and aren’t too goddamn cheap to spend a few pennies supporting a communal commitment to knowledge

… a vibrant and active outdoorsman who, when he went missing in Red Rock early this year, was the subject of a remarkable and persistent search effort by friends and fellow outdoors enthusiasts

Shelley Berkley’s career in Congress

Our stubborn belief, however baseless, in the ancient mythology of Nevada as a vanguard force in turning socially debatable activities — gambling, prostitution, divorce — into legal, taxypaying industries. Now we leave it to other states to legalize gay marriage and marijuana use.

Kathleen Vermillion as a public figure

We hope!

The idea that a stadium cluster — not just a stadium, but a cluster of facilities! — proposed by a developer with a history of unsuccessful sports proposals, to which no professional team had committed, and backed by supposedly guaranteed Chinese money, would actually pan out.